I love America. I love our military. I love my Navy daughter and my Army son.
You don’t have to watch all of these. I got carried away on YouTube. I just couldn’t pick a favorite…
And the ever-favorite (17 million views):
If you want to simply click play and meditate, here’s a great playlist with a lot of my favorites:
Bless our warriors.
Jacqui Murray is the author of the popular Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy. She is the author/editor of over one hundred resources on integrating tech into education, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, adjunct professor in technology-in-education, a columnist for TeachHUB, Editorial Review Board member for Journal for Computing Teachers, monthly contributor to Today’s Author and a freelance journalist on tech ed topics. You can find her book at her publisher’s website, Structured Learning.
31 thoughts on “May is Military Appreciation Month–God Bless Our Soldiers”
I love these videos, thank you! I wrote about my time as a front line combat medic, simply called Combat Medic. You can find it on my site or if you’d like a free e-book copy I can send you one.
Most of the time, when my Army son travels (not so much my Navy daughter), he is greeted at the airport. When he came back from the Middle East, it meant an awful lot to him, that Americans remembered him.
Blessings to you and your family, Jacqui. You bring the personal side of the military to the fore – I’m in tears watching the videos and listening to the songs – very moving.
Thanks, Jill, for taking time to comment on this day. I’m awaiting calls from my children who PROMISED to call. Although my son is in the field (a euphemism in the Army for who knows where).
I love these videos, thank you! I wrote about my time as a front line combat medic, simply called Combat Medic. You can find it on my site or if you’d like a free e-book copy I can send you one.
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I would love to receive a copy and review it here. I also have a USNA blog (http://usnaorbust.wordpress.com) I’ll cross post it to.
Thanks for your time, SM.My son’s a Sergeant in the Army and my daughter an LT in the Navy–I understand what a toll being a warrior takes on you.
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Do you have iBooks or kindle?
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I use Kindle. My email is askatechteacher@gmail.com
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ok, check your email. I sent it just now.
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Got it. Thx!
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Wow, these really can choke a gal up. Thanks for sharing, Jacqui.
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And that’s why I couldn’t pick just one. There are too many great ones.
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I still can’t pick a favorite. Great post, Jacqui!
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Memorial Day is coming, so there will be more!
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OUTSTANDING!!! Jacqui!!!!! What can I add to that?
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I had no words for it either, GP. That’s how I ended up with so many videos.
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Sincere thanks to both your children for their service.
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They are stars. Sigh.
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Reblogged this on quirkywritingcorner and commented:
My thanks and deepest appreciation for all you do. My prayers are with you all.
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I appreciate it. My son swears that since he’s already spent time in the Middle East, he doesn’t have to go back ‘for a while’. We’ll see.
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Happy Mother’s Day Jacqui! May they remain safe. We owe a debt we can never repay to our volunteer forces.
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I am so proud of both of them. Sigh.
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Thankful for all service men and women who protect us. They deserve the world to treat them like royalty.
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Most of the time, when my Army son travels (not so much my Navy daughter), he is greeted at the airport. When he came back from the Middle East, it meant an awful lot to him, that Americans remembered him.
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Reblogged this on theowlladyblog.
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Thanks for the reblog!
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Happy Mother’s Day, Jacqui. Thanks for sharing these videos. 🐻 ❤ ❤
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What a greeting for Mother’s Day, hunh? You can see where my head is.
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I don’t blame you one little bit. ❤ ❤
The first video had me rummaging for Kleenex.
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I got a little carried away with the videos!
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Blessings to you and your family, Jacqui. You bring the personal side of the military to the fore – I’m in tears watching the videos and listening to the songs – very moving.
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You can see where my head is on this Mother’s Day–with my children, as usual!
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These are wonderful, Jacqui! Thanks so much for sharing. Happy Mother’s Day and thank you to your son and daughter for their service.
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Thanks, Jill, for taking time to comment on this day. I’m awaiting calls from my children who PROMISED to call. Although my son is in the field (a euphemism in the Army for who knows where).
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Happy Mothers Day Jacqui and God bless your son and daughter. You too. I’ll check out the videos later – just the pictures say so much already …
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